Selective multiple tabulating stop



E. J. ENS

SELECTIVE MULTIPLE TABULATING SEOP Filed Sept. 13, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aug. 21, 1928.

E. J. ENS

SELECTIVE MULTIPLE 'TABULATING STOP Filed Sept. 13, 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 E. J. ENS

SELECTIVE MULTIPLE TABULATING STOP Aug. 21, 1928. I 1,681,472

Filed Se t. 13, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 iia,

WHHHH IIIHIHIIHHI Patented Au 21, 1928.

"1,681,472 PATENT OFFICE.

E'M-IL JOHN ENS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ELLIS ADDING TYPE WRITER COMPANY, 01 NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ATCORPOBATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SELECTIVE MULTIPLE TABULATING STOP.

Application filed September 18, 1986. Serial No. 135,147.

Thisinvention relates to a selective mul tipletabulating stop adapted for use on the carriage of a printing tabulating and calculating machine, or, on the carriage of any 5 tabulating typewriter or combined typewriter and calculating machine. a

While my invention is particularl intended for use on the well-known llis adding or bookkeeping machine, the inven-.

be independently set on the tabulating bar to provide for the tabulations required b the work being done, There are certain c asses of work, however, wherein tabulation is re- 5 quired, in which-"the tabulations will. recur repeatedly in certain columns and in which;

the columns on successive sheets will bear the same relation to each other as to distance over and over again. 0 To meet the requirements of work of this character, I have provided a multiple selective tabular stop whei'ein the respective settable stops areicombined in a unitary device 3 which maybe applied to the tabulating bar i at any point of *the length thereof and moved from place to lace as a .unit, or entirel removed from t e bar' and used independently of, or in conjunction with the ordinary independent settable right'and left marginal stops, or other stops which have heretofore been in use on the Ellis machine, or whichmay be desired be used according to the nature of the .work to be done. f

form, a'plurality of settable stops one, or

more,'.o'f which maybe set and WhlGh have a common latch whereby any stop which may be depressed or set will be automatically.

latched, and any stop which is'in set tion will be automatically released an stored when another of said stops is set, unless a plurality of the stops be simultaneousl set, whereupon the stops which are setwi allbelatched. l I My improved selective multiple tabulating stop provides a means whereby printing may be had in all columns or in selected columns ona sheet, at the will of the operator, without interfering in any manner with the tabu lating action brought about by marginal, or intermediate stops such as have heretofore been used on the tabulatingjar or mayhereafter he desired to be use I am'aware that it is possible to modify the construction hereinafter set forth, without departing from the essential rinciple thereof but as the embodiment escribedand shown in the drawings hasgbeen found in practice to successfully carry out the objects of the invention, illustration thereof is given. v

a In the accompanying drawings:

' Figure 1, is a perspective view showing the invention in use on the tabulating bar of the Ellis machine, together with manually operated'tabulatingmechanism;

Fig. 2, is a detail view looking toward the front of the tabulating bar andithe selective multiple stop,two of the stops being shown in dotted lines in depressed position, and one in full lines in depressed position;

Fig. 3, is a plan view thereof;

4, is a detail section on the line 44, Fig.3, the stop being in raised position;

Fig. 4" is a similar view, the stop being. set;

Fig. 5, is a section of the line 5-5, Fig.

Fig. 6, is a bottom view; Fig. 7, is a rear elevation; and Fig.8, is a front elevation of the multi le' stop unit-by itself, the latch and the catc es being removed.

Referring first to Fig. 1, the frame-of the machine is shown "in dotted lines at 1 and theca'rriagea pears at 2. The toothe tabulating securing the bar C91 to the carriage 2, said carriage being drawn in the direction indi cat-ed by spring tension means. r

- My ihventionis not restricted to use in. connection with any particular calculating machine nor to anyparticularmanually op-' erated tabulating mechanism but it has been successfully used on an Ellis calculating machine-and the general outline of the frame 1- and carriage 2, Fig. 1, is intended to. representthatmachine. v F

bar appears at 0 G91. ;Anysui table means may be used for My improvements provlde, in a unitary the arrow, Fig. 1, by any suitable It will be understood that the carriage 2 is intended to travel in the direction represented by the arrow and to be arrested in ana tabulating position. For the purpose of releasing the carriage so that it may move from one tabulating position to another so that printing may occur in the desired column, there is illustrated in Fig. 1 a depressible tabulating key K60 which is normally held in raised position by a spring K72 cooperating with a pawl F56 which, in turn, is for operating a lever F567. The lever F567 is engaged with another lever F50 which is adapted to engage a pin on the plunger F473. The plunger F473 tends to rise by the action of a spring F73 connected to it and to the frame 1. The upper end of the plunger F473 serves as a stop to engage any one oi the selective stops of the present invention when said plunger is in the raised position shown in Fig. l. Said plunger may also engage with any other stop carried by the bar (91 to arrest the carriage 2 in a manner well-known to the Ellis machines and as shown in the aforesaid Ellis patents.

At 61F and F61 are shown tips of levers controlling ditlerent actions or functions of the machine as disclosed in the aforesaid Ellis patents.

Lily attachment, now to be described has on its body one or more ribs or projections adapted to engage with the tips F61 and 61F to control the desired functions of the machine as will presently appear.

The plunger F473 and the parts 61F. F61 operate through slots in a plate 3 suitably secured to the frame 1 below bar C91.

My present improvements embody a plurality of tabulating stops carried by a body and adapted to be latched in depressed or set position by a latch or shutter which is common thereto, and catches for holding the body on the bar C91 in any desired position.

The body or carrier appears at 4, being in the form of a slide having a top and front wall and a bottom wall, that is, of channel form in cross section. This carrier is slidably mounted on the bar C91, three sides of which it embraces, and it is adapted to be locked on said bar by spring actuated catches 5 which engage the teeth on the upper side of the bar'and are held in engagement therewith by springs 6, coiled around a hinge pin 7 which is mounted in projecting parts 8 of the carrier 4. I

The carrier 4 is provided with upright slots 9. A plate 10 extends along the face of the carrier 4 andserves as a cover for the slots 9, said plate being secured to the carrier 4 byscrews '11.

The selective stops appear at 12, there being as man of these stops as may be desired and ey are spaced apart suchdis- 1,es1,47a

tances that they will represent the desirec spacing between different columns on th! paper used in the machine or between ditl'er ent desired points for the printing of num bers.

The stops 12 are slidably mounted in tilt channels or grooves 9 and they are retainet in position by the plate 10 as best show! in Fig. 8. The stops are provided witl suitable finger pieces at their upper ends S( that they may be readily depressed. Spring: 13 interposed between the finger pieces 0: the stops and the top of the carrier 4, ele vate the stops when they are free. Tlu ends of the springs 13 may be held by stud:

.14, 15 carried, respectively, by the stop:

and the carrier 4.

The stops are provided with pins 16 whicl have cam faces 17. Fig. 4.

To latch down any stop or steps whicl may be depressed, I provide a latch or shut ter 18 which has ears pivoted on the hingi pin or rod 7. The latch is kept pressed to ward the plate 10 by the springs 6. onl end of each spring being engaged with tlu latch as shown at 19.

The cam faces 17 of the pins are arrangec to engage the latch 18 and when one of tlu stops carrying one of these pins is depressed the latch will be pressed outward by'the can until, finally, the in 16 asses below till lower edge of the atch w iereupon the de pressed step will be held down by the en gagement of the latch with the pin 16 as shown in Fig. 4. The stop will be re tained in its set osition as shown by ful lines, Fig. 2, until the shutter or latch 12 is pressed back by applying the finger to th finger piece 18 thereof or until another oni of the steps is depressed.

If a step has been set and the use of another stop is desired, on depressing the second stop, the latch 18 will be released from the pin 16 of the stop first set whereupon tilt stop first set will be released and will snag upwardly, the stop last set then being re tained by the latch 18 which engages tilt pin 16 thereof.

Thus, the latch 18 serves as a locking means common to all of the stops and it releases any stop or stops previously set, wher another sto is set.

On the ot er hand any number, or all 01 the stops ma be latched or depressed at th( same time i such stops are simultaneously depressed or are held down by the finger: when depressing one or more additional iidi ile-I have shown only three stops, it will be understood that more than three, 01 onl two may be used.

, ne edge of the stop serves as a shouldei 20 and its other corner is beveled at 21 The edge 20 is add. ted to abut the uppei end of the plunger 473 to arrest the carriage in the position determined by the stop which is set. The beveled edge 21 rides on the plunger F473 and-depresses said plunger on the return movement of the carriage, should a stop or stops be set. I,

The bottom of the body or carrier is provided with a longitudinally extending rib 22 which has beveled ends 23 and"- is arranged to co-operate with" the levers 61F,

F61. One or more of theseribs may be used andthey may be the same for all stops or may be different at each depressible stop,

that is set and releases any previously-set according to the character of the work to be done.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with the movable paper-carrying-carriage of a. machine adapted for printing characters, of a selective, multiple, tabulating stop, comprising a body or carrier mounted on said paper-carriage, a plurality of independently settable stops. carried by said carrier, a latch common to said plurality of stops which locks any stop stop, and projections from said body which are independent of the stops and are adaptedto control the functions or different actions of the machine on which the multiple stop is used.

2. The combination with the movable car riage of a machine adapted forprinting characters, said carriage being adapted tocarry arotatable aper-holding-platen, of a carrier,

indepen ent selectively settable sto s unitary with the carrier, said carrier and stops being mounted on, and shiftable with said movable carriage, and latching ing in set position any stop which has been set, said latching means also automatically releasing any previously set stop or stops when another stop is se 7 4. The combination with the movable paper-carrying carriage of a machine adapted for printing characters, said carriage being adapted to carry a rotatable paper-holding platen, of a tabulating bar carried by said carriage, a bodily shiftable carrier adapted to be located at different points of the length of said tabulating bar and to move therewith, independent selectively settable stops unitary with the carrier, and latchingmeans for holding in set position any stop which has been set, said latching means also automatically releasing any previously .set stop or stops when another-stop is set, said carrier" and stops being adapted to be shifted as a unit to different positions of the length of said tabulating bar.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

EMIL JOHN ENS. 

